Eurovision organizers threaten Ukraine with sanctions because of Russian participant. Kyiv urges them to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty
On March 31, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU, the organizer of the Eurovision international singing competition) confirmed the authenticity of the letter from Ingrid Delternre, head of the EBU, to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, in which she threatened Ukraine with sanctions after the Russian participant was banned from entering Ukraine [which will host the competition in 2017]. Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine banned the Russian participant Yulia Samoylova from …
Muzhenko’s ex-counselor: No one in the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense can solve the Donbas problem
The shelling of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) by separatists in the Donbas does not pursue any strategic interests, as was stated in a commentary for InfoResist by the former adviser to the chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, volunteer Nathan Hazin.
“All these shellings have no strategic interests. These are not structures, not roads. It's just to keep us tense and alert. The deaths of our soldiers, all this makes you angry, and then someone will break the order and …
Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal Mining expects to receive three million tons of anthracite from the U.S.
Ukraine expects to import 2.5-3 million tons of anthracite coal from the United States, Minister of Energy and Coal Mining Ihor Nasalyk said.
"Presently we have received information that we could receive 2.5-3 million tons of coal from America. I, as a Minister, just sent a letter to the State Department asking for assistance with the anthracite coal," he told journalists in Kyiv.
According to Nasalyk, energy-generating companies have already begun signing contracts for anthracite deliveries …
IMF calls on Ukraine to continue its attempts to reach an agreement with Russia on 'Yanukovych's loan'
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Ukraine to continue its attempts to reach an agreement with Russia on the so-called "Yanukovych loan", which refers to Eurobonds that were sold to Russia in late 2013 shortly before the flight of President Viktor Yanukovych from Ukraine.
This was stated in a message sent out by the Fund after the completion of the third review of its program of cooperation with Ukraine.
"Ukraine’s international partners have provided substantial financial and …
Ukrainian official claims that Putin threatened Yanukovych to convince him to give up joining NATO and the EU
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin warned former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych that he would "take away the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine" if Yanukovych signed the Association Agreement with the European Union, as stated by the Chairman of the Trans Carpathian Regional State Administration, Gennady Moskal, during an an interview with 112 Ukraine TV.
"When they had to travel to sign the agreement, Putin said, ‘Russia's borders will never join with the borders of the EU and …